Gravestone Record

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Person Details
Gravestone photograph
Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers
Last Name PALMER
First Name RICHARD, CAPT
Maiden
Relation H/O FALLE G
Cemetery Number LC012
Cemetery Name OLD COMMONS BURIAL GROUND
Birth Day 0
Birth Month
Birth Year 1748c
Death Day 10
Death Month FEB
Death Year 1783
AGE nth Year 36
AGE Years -
AGE Months -
AGE Days -
Military Service REVOLUTION
Gravestone Details
Section
Lot
Map 0564
Stone Material slate
Condition good
Shape fancy top
Carving no carving
Legibility good
Number of Graves on Stone 1
Stone Height (inches) 23
Stone Width (inches) 17
Exists? Yes
Last Seen Date 2010
Carver
Notes/Misc Details
Notes [SAR: 1781 First master of ship 'Independence.' Captured and imprisoned on the Jersey Prison ship and died of fever contracted there after his return home.] SAR flag holder
Transcribed By BFW,HSB;LRC